After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 508 - 503: Ended in a Draw

"Mr. Wang, you and I are strangers, and there's no conflict of interests, so why push each other so hard?"

Zhao Changpeng spoke earnestly. Since Lu Liang let Little Wang handle the case, it means Little Wang has some degree of autonomy.

As long as he resolves this issue privately with Little Wang, Lu Liang will lose his reason to target him.

Little Wang spoke harshly, said coldly, "Mr. Zhao, my account with over 400 million US dollars was arbitrarily frozen by your platform. Who is really pushing hard here?"

"Now that Bitcoin is on a downward trend, if we fail to repurchase in time and the price rebounds, who will compensate me for the loss incurred in and out?"

Zhao Changpeng was momentarily speechless, and Little Wang asked again, "Mr. Zhao, I don't want to escalate things. I just ask one question: can you unfreeze the account now and return the funds to me?"

Lu Liang just told him, if feeling guilty, to make this request.

If Zhao Changpeng agrees and apologizes, then they can pretend nothing ever happened.

After all, it might be an employee's slip of hand, or for other reasons. They're not unreasonable people.

If Zhao Changpeng disagrees, then there's no need to be polite to him. After all, it's a 410 million US dollar account, equivalent to over 2.7 billion RMB.

Even the central bank, without a justified reason, wouldn't dare to easily freeze their account. They are the victims.

Zhao Changpeng was speechless again and could only stiffly say, "Mr. Wang, our risk management detected abnormal transactions, so I'm afraid we can't immediately unfreeze your account."

Lu Liang was confident Zhao Changpeng wouldn't unfreeze the account.

Indeed, 410 million US dollars were entirely used by them to buy Bitcoin, provided to platform investors for short selling, so they simply can't come up with it now.

Though they can pretend to unfreeze the account, making it appear peaceful, displaying the same amount of funds, but this facade will break once poked, unable to withstand any test.

Little Wang sneered and asked back, "Mr. Zhao, what exactly have I done to offend you?"

Zhao Changpeng said, "Mr. Wang, please trust us. We'll soon investigate thoroughly and clear your name."

"Anyone can talk nonsense, hang up, and you better pray the Bitcoin in downward trend won't rebound."

Little Wang sneered, couldn't be bothered with Zhao Changpeng, directly hung up the phone, and planned to file a lawsuit first thing in the morning.

Listening to the busy signal from the phone, Zhao Changpeng, holding onto his last hope, dialed Mr. Su Shimin's number.

He couldn't keep things under control.

After understanding the background, Mr. Su Shimin sighed, "People always like to use one mistake to cover another, often digging deeper until it's irreversible."

He did not question why Zhao didn't contact him first-time, as things have already happened, pursuing blame for past matters is meaningless.

Zhao Changpeng felt his heart sink, just he still couldn't understand why Lu Liang targeted him, was it only because of a woman?

Mr. Su Shimin chuckled lightly, "You're underestimating Lu Liang. Tonight, East Asia's Three Kingdoms' Bitcoin brokers were all skinned by him, only Binance is particular..."

He didn't continue: "Things should be handled as they are. Just surviving is fine. Tomorrow, New Horizons will inject another 500 million US dollars into Binance, and send a professional manager along. You should cooperate well."

Zhao Changpeng was stunned. Binance's scale is merely five to six hundred million US dollars, with another 500 million US dollar injection, will it still be his Binance?

"Mr. Su Shimin..." Just as he spoke, he heard, for tonight, the third busy signal from the call.

Meanwhile, across the ocean.

"Maybe I've truly raised a tiger to bring trouble." Mr. Su Shimin sighed long.

He's well aware that Lu Liang merely skinned other institutions, but when dealing with Binance, he wants it dead.

The DiDi incident gave him a taste of profit, also revealing the significance of Bitcoin in Western institutions.

Supporting Zhao Changpeng was initially because Lu Liang wasn't cooperative enough, which Lu Liang must be aware of.

That's also why Binance faced crisis.

Lu Liang wants to become the sole bridge, forcing them to only partner with him if they wish to cooperate.

"It's time to let Bitcoin hibernate for a while."

Ten minutes later, at 2:30 AM, Bitcoin's price suddenly crashed again.

Directly dropping from 14500 points to 12000 points, a huge bearish candle crushed any desire to go long.

Bears were fierce, longs were liquidated, institutions forced closure, the triple crisis led to further decline.

This night marked the end of a three-month long bubble in the USA, shattering many dreams of wealth creation.

Four hours later, daylight finally broke.

Global headlines reported Bitcoin's successful surge to twenty thousand points followed by a 44.15% plunge.

Especially in East Country, despite Bitcoin being banned from local circulation, it ignited a shocking global news.

Little Wang's 410 million US dollar account was arbitrarily frozen, leading to his decision to sue Binance, handled by Puxin Court.

Suddenly, a massive influx of customers rushed into Binance, withdrawing balance for fear funds might be frozen any second.

Once could lead to twice.

Clearly, Binance isn't the only exchange platform worldwide, no need to risk uncertainty.

Withdrawals began at nine AM, within barely a minute, the whole platform fell into paralysis due to the rush.

However, the paralysis didn't last long, within merely half an hour, the withdrawal channel reopened.

Many clients satisfactorily retrieved their funds, beginning to suspect the 410 million US dollar account might have issues.

Binance's freeze on "Little Wang's" account might purely stem from risk control, not due to platform cash shortage or secret misuse.

A credibility crisis, invisibly dissolved.

Far away in Tokyo, Lu Liang received news, undoubtedly, Binance hired external help, gained external capital injection, thus lifting its coffin lid, reviving from death.

If he had his own capital to resolve the issue, he wouldn't have risked himself last night.

Soon, Lu Liang received Sun Yutao's call, "Mr. Lu, our account was unfrozen, should we continue the suit?"

He couldn't understand how Binance, being so capable, overcame even desperation of a withdrawal frenzy, and yet unfreeze their account.

Looks quite potent, why made such a crappy decision last night to freeze the account for no reason?

Maybe they find it fun?

"No money last night doesn't mean no money now."

Lu Liang chuckled, pondered for a moment then said, "Keep an eye on Binance's managerial positions these days, check for any new faces."

Zhao Changpeng made such a mess, yet still drew Western capital's favor, unless he's a direct descendant of the Squid Clan, but seemingly not.

Therefore, he must've paid a heavy price, likely Binance changed ownership, leaving him as a mascot.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Wang just arrived at the company, he asked me whether we should continue?"

"Since words were spoken, let's continue, at least earn some labor compensation."

Ending the call with Sun Yutao, Lu Liang smiled, stretched lazily, groaned from his throat, "A draw."

He underestimated Western capital's emphasis on Binance, people can be replaced, but losing a platform means rootless.

A fall and a lesson learned,

Future won't present such good chances.

Lu Liang pondered long, once more gazing at Bitcoin trends, since the second crash after midnight, it has been in a constant decline.

In the short term, it's difficult to regain its former glory, he simply stops worrying, waits for later.

In days thereafter, Lu Liang stayed in Tokyo, Bitcoin's price dropping day by day.

On December 24, Christmas Eve, the price fell below ten thousand US dollars.

In a rise, integer is a barrier, once broken, it moderately boosts further points.

During a decline, the same occurs, at the moment it broke ten thousand US dollars, it dipped further by about eight hundred dollars.

Wen Chao seized that moment, closed his position, pocketing floating profits.

Principal of 3 billion US dollars, short selling 6 billion US dollars, selling at an average of 20420 points, buying back at 9820 points.

Final settlement turned the 3 billion principal into 7.382 billion US dollars, earning 4.382 billion from this short.

But reserved bottom inventory chips, as Bitcoin's price halved, and launching trends led to a 585 million US dollar loss.

Overall, gains surpass losses, current project total assets reached 12.655 billion US dollars.

"Gentlemen, here's the income and loss details for the past four months, please review. If there's no issue, please sign."

That evening, Lu Liang held a shareholders meeting, planning to distribute 1 billion US dollars as dividends.

Investments in DC Studio located in the USA and purchasing luxury property in East Hampton nearly exhausted Xingheng's cash flow.

Company accounts hold merely over ten million US dollars, such scant funds make Lu Liang feel insecure.

Therefore, leveraging this opportunity, extracting the principal, so future projects entirely yield net profits.